by Waimea Weekly | Oct 12, 2018 | Local News
United Video Richmond has announced it will be closing its doors for good on Sunday, October 28. The long-standing video store has been providing patrons with family movie nights and rainy day snuggles for many years and has been the only one left in Richmond since...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 11, 2018 | Local News
Brightwater quarry company Lee Processors is optimistic they’re on the right track to resume mining serpentine rock for fertiliser, after being forced to stop production due to test results showing higher-than-permitted levels of asbestos in their product. A 750-tonne...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 11, 2018 | Local News
On a mantlepiece in Wakefield a statue stands proudly in recognition of the dedication to beard growing its recipient, Shane Thompson, has displayed. Shane was crowned national champion at the New Zealand Beard and Moustache competition in Auckland on Thursday,...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 7, 2018 | Local News, Sport
More than 200 local children embraced the local baseball programme on Wednesday, September 26, in a schools’ tee ball tournament. Held at the region’s baseball diamonds at Champion Green in Stoke, the tournament saw 22 teams enter from schools around Tasman and...
by Waimea Weekly | Oct 7, 2018 | Local News, Sport
Ruby Andrew and her pony Pickles, shows off her 1st and 5th placing ribbons she won in her two dressage tests at the Murchison Dressage and Showjumping Day, held on September 30. Colette Barrow, Murchison Pony Club organiser, says entries had doubled from their last...
